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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2007
Siew C. Schleyer, El Cerrito, CA (US);
Anne B. Jefferson, Oakland, CA (US);
Judith A. Abraham, San Jose, CA (US);
W. Michael Kavanaugh, Mill Valley, CA (US);
Siew C. Schleyer, El Cerrito, CA (US);
Anne B. Jefferson, Oakland, CA (US);
Judith A. Abraham, San Jose, CA (US);
W. Michael Kavanaugh, Mill Valley, CA (US);
Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, Inc., Emeryville, CA (US);
Abstract
This invention relates to compositions and uses of NRG4, and to variants thereof and to polynucleotides encoding NRG4, for therapeutic and diagnostic purposes, particularly related to colon and pancreatic cancer. This invention also relates to therapeutic agents based on or derived from the polynucleotides and proteins, NRG4 inhibitors, particularly antibodies capable of specifically binding to NRG4.